[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] print license and configuration for each lib

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 07:54:40PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> >> > Like I have done in $attached for libavcodec?  Anything else?
> >> >
> >> > +const char* avcodec_license(void)
> >> > +{
> >> > +    return "libavcodec license: " FFMPEG_LICENSE "\n";
> >> > +}
> >> 
> >> Drop the "libfoo thing:" prefixes.  Whatever is using the string can
> >> add those in a way that makes sense in its context.
> >
> > I agree that this would likely be more flexible, but note that I have a
> > vested interest in seeing this exact string appear in the lib binary :)
> 
> Then return a pointer part-way into the string.

Just in case it is not clear e.g.:
#define LICENSEHDR "libavcodec license: "
return LICENSEHDR FFMPEG_LICENSE + strlen(LICENSEHDR);